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Where are the Americans? The Japanese are too proud to ask, but we need help and we need it now.'

'Where is the sense of urgency? We need somebody to take charge. We’ve had an earthquake followed by fire, then a tsunami, then radiation, and now snow. It’s everything. 'There is nothing left. The world needs to step in. Where are the Americans? The Japanese are too proud to ask, but we need help and we need it now.' In one of the shelters for the evacuated, Motoko was worried for her daughter Yukiko, a teacher missing with her class of children. She told the Standard there is still no official list of those who have been evacuated: 'For all I know my daughter thinks I’m dead and I have no way of knowing if she is alive because mobile phones here don’t work here. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366934/Japan-earthquake-tsunami-10k-missing-Ishinomaki-death-toll-set-hit-25k.html#ixzz1Guq1M64t

Until a few million years ago, the global climate was warmer than at present, especially at higher latitudes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boreal Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : "Until a few million years ago, the global climate was warmer than at present, especially at higher latitudes, and many temperate-climate species were distributed across North America and Eurasia via Alaska and Siberia. The sharply cooler climate of the past few million years [the ice ages] eliminated a temperate-zone connection between North America and Eurasia, but common Laurasian origins and a long history of temperate-climate land bridges account for the botanical similarities between the temperate floras on the two continents. So a global warming would be a return to the usual global temperature?

There are no known societies that are unambiguously matriarchal

Matriarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : "There are no known societies that are unambiguously matriarchal,[1][2][3][4][5][6] although there are attested matrilinear, matrilocal, and avunculocal societies, especially among indigenous peoples of Asia and Africa,[7] ... In 19th century Western scholarship, the hypothesis of matriarchy representing an early stage of human development—now mostly lost in prehistory, with the exception of some 'primitive' societies—enjoyed popularity. The hypothesis survived into the 20th century and was notably advanced in the context of feminism and especially second wave feminism, but this hypothesis of matriarchy as having been an early stage of human development is mostly discredited today, most experts saying that it never existed.[10]"

Buick Regal -- change the name

It looks good, the reviews are good, but Regal is not the name for a competitor to BMW, Audi and Acura. Century or Wildcat would have been a lot better. "Regal" has been ruined by junky products in many markets and makes me think of tacky faux gold and red velvet. And its meaning (royal) is not appropriate either--this is their smallest car! The king doesn't drive around in a small car. This is the car for a hot young prince or count.